Is it me, or is it just Friday afternoons?

Really! Is it me or is it busier on Friday afternoons with more than usual aggressive drivers on the road?

What's the rush? You've got all weekend!

I know people tend to finish earlier on a Friday, and I know everyone wants to get home and start their weekend, but wouldn't you prefer to get home in one piece?

Aggressive drivers are a problem generally with tailgating being the common problem, but when you have a learner in front of you, do you think its wise? They could break suddenly or stall unexpectedly. If you're too close when this happens, where are you going to end up? Yep, you've guessed it..... on the learners back seat!

One of my pupils told me a story of what happened with them whilst driving with their dad... or was it their friend.... can't quite remember, but it's a good story!

A driver was tailgating a learner and their dad for some time and when they stopped at some traffic lights, dad got out of the car, opened the boot and asked the man behind them if he would like to get in! After all, he was close enough!

So what do you do when people are too close? Slow down? Speed up? Are you breaking the speed limit? The way I deal with it is to say to myself  "Well, they are behind me and I'm in front.... I'm sticking to the speed limit, deal with it!" I then have a cheesy grin on my face as I look in the rear view mirror and see the driver behind me getting annoyed that I'm abiding by the law!